‘- A refreshing alternative to traditional sweet basil – High notes of mint and clove – Easy for all to grow High notes of mint and clove make Basil ‘Sweet Green’ a refreshing alternative to traditional sweet basil. Large aromatic leaves are produced on neat bushy plants. Use Basil ‘Sweet Green’ to complement Mediterranean courgette...
‘- A beautiful hardy annual herb with rough leaves – Attractive celestial blue flowers – Attractive to pollinating insects – Easy for all to grow A beautiful hardy annual herb with rough leaves covered in silvery hairs and the most attractive celestial blue flowers. Nectar rich borage flowers are particularly attractive to pollinating insects, including...
‘- Easy for all to grow – Returning year after year – Pretty pink blooms This perennial member of the onion family is undemanding and easy to grow, returning year after year, and attracting bees and butterflies to its pretty pink blooms. Chives are an essential addition to the herb garden. Their leaves and edible...
‘- A quick growing, dual purpose annual herb – Coriander seeds are delicious in cakes, and when crushed add an orangey flavour to meat dishes A quick growing, dual purpose annual herb that is grown for its seeds or fresh young leaves. Coriander seeds are delicious in cakes, and when crushed add an orangey flavour...
‘- This aromatic annual can be grown for its seeds or its rich, aniseed flavoured foliage – The feathery dill leaves make an attractive addition to a sunny herb garden – Is tolerant of most conditions and requires little maintenance This aromatic annual can be grown for its seeds or its rich, aniseed flavoured foliage...
‘- The perfect addition to your roast lamb lunch – Ideal for beginners – Mint herb could not be easier to grow The ideal accompaniment to roast lamb – homemade mint sauce is hard to beat! Add to boiled new potatoes and peas, make mint jelly or garnish summer drinks. Growing mint plants is so...
‘- A selected strain of curled- leaved parsley with a tightly curled, rich green leaf – Easy for all to grow – Ideal for garnishing, and flavouring soups and stews A selected strain of curled- leaved parsley with a tightly curled, rich green leaf that is ideal for garnishing, and flavouring soups and stews. Try...
‘- Easy for all to grow – One of the most popular herbs for culinary use – A stronger flavour than curled varieties This hardy biennial is one of the most popular herbs for culinary use as a garnish, flavouring sauces and pastry, and associating particularly well with fish. With a stronger flavour than curled...
‘- A little known but very useful salad plant – Makes a delicious spinach substitute A little known but very useful salad plant, Rocket can be used raw in salads or cooked lightly when it makes a delicious spinach substitute. Late summer sowings of Rocket will carry on cropping into the winter if the plants...
Popular, easy to grow salad leaf, widely used in salads and sandwiches for its unique aromatic taste. Rocket Discovery can also be included in pizza and pasta dishes, or steamed as a spinach substitute. Sow in succession and pick leaves as required. Culinary note: Rocket flowers are edible. Sowing Sow seeds from March to September...
‘- The aromatic foliage of rosemary has a multitude of culinary uses – Low maintenance Essential with roast lamb, the dark green aromatic foliage of rosemary has a multitude of culinary uses. This shrubby evergreen is ideal for a sunny herb garden and even survives in poor soils, requiring very little maintenance. Height and spread:...
‘- The soft blue-green leaves – Add its rich flavour to meats and stuffing – An attractive plant in the perennial border The soft blue-green leaves of sage are ideal for adding their rich flavour to meats and stuffing. This hardy sub-shrub is an essential herb for adding to the Sunday roast but also makes...
‘- Aromatic, evergreen thyme – Easy for all to grow – One of the most useful kitchen herbs – Will attract bees to the tiny, pink blooms One of the most useful kitchen herbs for stews, stuffings and bouquet garni. This aromatic, evergreen thyme will grow almost anywhere in containers, rock gardens, borders, and even...